Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements - ISC

Takashi YaoEvangelistNetAgent Co., Ltd.JAPANas secretary. He is the ICT Bureau chairman under the SMI Association of Malaysia. He isan effective presenter, column writer, and contributor to newspapers and magazines variouslanguages, including English, Mandarin, and Bahasa Malaysia. He is also a keynote speaker andoccasion moderator for many organizations in Malaysia.He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and microelectronics and an MBA degree,with a focus on multimedia marketing.Project: Information Security Workshop in JapanMr. Yao is an evangelist for NetAgent Co., Ltd., where he provides IT security products andservices to various companies.Previously, Takashi worked for Sumitomo-Chemical Systems Services Co., Ltd. where hemanaged IT security and network operations for over 12,000 clients. In 2004, he startedthe IT Security Workshop, which has been held forty times per year throughout Japan toprovide IT security education and awareness to over 1,650 attendees. As a result of thisinitiative, he was awarded Microsoft MVP for Consumer Security from 2005 to 2012.Managerial Professional for an InformationSecurity Project CategoryHwee Hsiung Lee, CEH, ISMS Lead Auditor,ABCPManager, Information Security Professional DevelopmentCyberSecurity MalaysiaMALAYSIAProject: Establishing the First Information Security Professional Association in Malaysia- The Information Security Professional Association of MalaysiaNahil MahmoodCEODelta TechPAKISTANProject: Workforce Improvement Project - Database Security Implementation andNetwork Security Video LecturesNahil is a seasoned information security professional in Pakistan with fifteen years ofexperience in IT. He is an established and credible leader in information security, holding anumber of leadership positions as president and founder of the Cloud Security Alliance inPakistan, chapter leader for OWASP, and founding board member and chapter leader forthe Pakistan Information Security Association.Previously, Nahil held the prestigious position of CISO for MCB Bank, one of the largestcommercial-banksin Pakistan, where he pioneered and initiated a database security projectwith IBM called Guardium solution. This was the first time that a database security projectwas implemented in Pakistan. He was also project director for PCI-DSS, and initiated theISMS27001 project at MCB Bank.Nahil has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He is an inspirationaland knowledgeable speaker at international conferences on topics such as cloud andinformation security.Mr. HHLee has more than twenty years of experience in the ICT environment, includingexperience in R&D, setup and commissioning of technology-based companies in thearea of multimedia development, training, e-learning, information security, and ICTbusiness development.Mr. HHLee initiated the first information security professional association in Malaysia, knownas the Information Security Professional Association of Malaysia (ISPA). He is currentlytaking the lead role in the association’s establishment and development, while also serving- 36 -- 37 -